Eric carle kindergarten art

One of my absolute favorite units to teach throughout the year has got to be my Eric Carle author study. Usually my little nuggets have bee...

The next time you read The Tiny Seed, be sure to include some fun & memorable activities to go with it. There are lots of crafts, activities, snacks, & printables you'll enjoy on this list.

I came up with this lesson after going through some of my favorite Eric Carle books. I was drawn immediately to “The Mixed Up Chameleon” with its vibrant colors. Kindergarten is learnin…

I did this project with a group of Kindergartners in our co-op as a part of an Eric Carle author study. We spent some time looking through h...

Learn all about the life and work of Eric Carle and try making some Eric Carle style process art of your own!

I did this project with a group of Kindergartners in our co-op as a part of an Eric Carle author study. We spent some time looking through his books, talking about his collage technique using painted sheets of tissue paper, and seeing how he does it in his studio (in The Art of Eric Carle - great book from our library). Then we tried our own version of the flower that grew from The Tiny Seed. First, we needed to paint several sheets of paper. I used acrylic paint on copy paper to have a…

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Eric Carle's children's books and illustrations are a delight to read to children and also a wonderful inspiration so many art projects- who doesn't love painted paper collages? The Prep students (first year at Primary school) were working on a theme of "Growth and Change" and the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" fits in beautifully.

I love happy art lessons. The ones that engage children right from the get-go. These painted paper butterflies are a perennial favorite in my art room. My first graders make painted paper and then use the paper to create butterfly wings. I set out wing templates but encourage the children to make their own wing